Design and creation of controls for the automation of process engineering plants. May also act as a general contractor for control technology systems, as well as software distribution, training and hardware trade, establish branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad, participate in other companies and acquire, manage, broker and sell real estate and patent, trademark, copyright, design and all other intellectual property rights in Switzerland and abroad, grant loans to its direct or indirect shareholders or other group companies, conclude cash pooling agreements with them and provide securities of all kinds for their liabilities to third parties, including by pledging or assigning its own shares or guarantees of any kind, even if these loans or securities are in the exclusive interest of its direct or indirect shareholders or other group companies and are granted free of charge, may also engage in any commercial, financial and other business that is suitable to promote the purpose of the company or is directly or indirectly related to it.